By kimquirk, on March 30th, 2010
About 5 years ago I made the switch from Windows to Mac. Like many people I was taken by the ease of use, the style, the look and feel, and the functionality. The techie in me had been hesitating for years because, though I liked the creative programs (iPhoto, garage band, iTunes), I didn’t need [...]
By kimquirk, on March 21st, 2010
Solar Collector
The solar collector we are building at my future house, 78 Main St, has been in place for a couple of weeks now, and we have been collecting temperature data. I’m hoping to have some “live” data at the website at some point in the future, but for now I have downloaded 8 [...]
By kimquirk, on March 14th, 2010
Google PI
Today is March 14th, for some that’s 3.14 (pi, π) day. Pi is the greek symbol representing the constant which is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. Google often takes the opportunity to acknowledge an interesting day (or date) on its front page, and they did so today [...]
By kimquirk, on March 5th, 2010
Fresh Food
Over the last week I have had an opportunity to watch two movies and a TEDprize presentation about America’s un-sustainable food industry: “Fresh“, “Food, Inc” and Jamie Oliver’s TED prize acceptance video. I wasn’t seeking out information on food … but they all presented themselves in the last week so I felt it [...]